Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Why All the Romo Bashing?

I will be the first to admit that I think Tony Romo regressed this season and sometimes seemed lathargic and disinterested on the sidelines. However, I think some "fans" are losing perspective if they really believe that Romo needs to be replaced.

Don't forget that he played injured for the last 7 games. He won't be 100% until next season. There were several key injuries that hurt this team than the mainstream media will ever discuss because it won't get headlines. Losing Matt McBriar and Felix Jones were major losses and Marion Barber never recovered from his dislocated toe. Throw in the fact that we were stuck with starting our 3rd team safety and 3rd team left guard and you can start to see that the holes were too big for one player to fill. Romo is a very good player. Not great, but very good. He may show us that he is great one day by winning a Super Bowl.

The truth is that Tony makes the offensive line better because he can avoid unblocked defenders. He makes the receivers better because he can buy time for receivers to get open. He makes the running backs better because he makes the defense respect the pass. He even makes our defense better because they get time to rest and they aren't constantly put in bad field position.

Does he turn the ball over too often? Yes. But part of what makes him great is what makes you shake your head. He can turn an awful play into a touchdown or he can make an awful play worse by trying to make every play a touchdown. You have to take the good with the bad when it comes to a player like that.

Hopefully Tony can find the spark that everyone loves to see from him during the offseason. We all want to see him making plays and having fun while doing it. Sometimes a season like this one can remind players to focus on what is important.

Let's look at things through a rational and fair scope before we throw him out with the trash. Or have too many "fans" already forgotten the days of Quincy Carter, Chad Hutchinson, Drew Henson, Ryan Leaf, Anthony Wright, Drew Bledsoe, Vinny Testaverde, and Clint Stoerner? Now those were some quarterbacks to complain about.

10 comments:

Tony Romo is the biggest choke artist since John Van de Velde stood on the 18th tee with a three stroke lead at Carnoustie. He's so un-nerved by pressure situations that he can't even handle a basic hold. He's not a leader of men, and he's pushing 30 - an age where Troy Aikman had already won three Super Bowls. Worst yet, his focus isn't football... it's divorced bimbos, berets, and warm-weather vacations, see Cabo the weekend before the franchise's biggest game in a decade. Tony Romo doesn't have the make-up to win in the NFL and often fails to compete in big games. He's the best QB never to win a playoff game and will go down in infamy like Bill Bucker. Time for the Cowboys to move on.

I agree with your blog post. Everyone is entitled to his opinion and I'm not seeing the un-nerved aspect that Anonymous posted. I also believe prior to the injury Tony's game was hurt by trying to be something he isn't.. A pure drop back stand in the pocket passer.

Tony Romo has won as many playoff games as the rest of these guys... he belongs in this post-Aikman group: Quincy Carter, Chad Hutchinson, Drew Henson, Ryan Leaf, Anthony Wright, Drew Bledsoe, Vinny Testaverde, Clint Stoerner, and Tony Romo.

The problem with Tony Romo is not his lack of ability, no on can question his arm, his mobility, and his on the fly skills (i.e. like the botched snap play against the Rams in '07). The problem with him is that he just doesn't care enough. He's not cool under pressure, he just is ambivalent. Look at all the greats: Aikman, Brady, Manning, Favre, etc., they throw a pick, they throw a pick or lose a big game, they look livid. You know it will eat at them and they will lock themselves in the film room to make sure they never make the same mistakes again. Romo has 3 turnovers in a pitiful effort against Philly, and he's out next week in L.A. doing dinner with the Simpson family. As long Romo is the QB of this team, the Lombardi trophy is just a pipe dream.

Most of these posts are by people who didn't really read the article. Romo suffered 3 significant injuries starting with the Cardinals game. His finger was finally getting healthy and he hurt his back twice in the Giants game. He plays hurt because he doesn't care. People said the same stuff about Meredith, he wasn't commited but he was a walking roll of tape.

bandwagon fans sicken me. really. romo is just one man, one. he is not the whole team. oh, sure, bellow all you want about him being the leader because he's the qb etc... it's a load of crap. if a man on the line misses a block and romo has to throw in a hurry and get's picked, you berate romo and yet somehow forget the man who missed his block. people, try to remember, romo is still young as far as being a starting qb is concerned. let's not forget the defense either when talking about this year's dissapoinments...missed tackles etc. romo doesnt' play defense. but i'm sure all you bandwagon fans will throw the ravens loss as being his fault as well. the losses to philly and st.louis...it happens in today's nfl. to every team. this idea that as soon as things go wrong everyone needs fired is assinine.